Integrating ergonomics into engineering design: The role of objects

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 647-654

  Hall Andersen, Lene Bjerg ^a,b   Broberg, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b ALECTIA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Boundary objects; Engineering design; Intermediary objects

Indexed keywords

DESIGN;

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS; ERGONOMIC KNOWLEDGE; INTERMEDIARY OBJECTS; KNOWLEDGE DOMAINS; PROCESSING PLANTS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; KNOWLEDGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION;

BOUNDARY OBJECTS; ENGINEERING DESIGN; INTERMEDIARY OBJECTS;

ENGINEERING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; STERILIZATION;

EID: 84892890347     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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